[1] Between 1983 and 1988, Pipia held various positions in the Tkvarcheli town council and the local branch of the Communist Party.
Between 1997 and 2000, Pipia gained a post-graduate degree from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration.
On 19 February 2004, Pipia became one of fifteen (out of 35) founding members of the opposition faction Unity, led by Daur Tarba.
On 30 March 2011, Pipia was appointed Vice Premier, succeeding Daur Tarba who had resigned.
On 30 August 2016, Pipia became part of the Government of President Khajimba when he was appointed head of the State Committee for State Property and Privatisation in the cabinet of Prime Minister Beslan Bartsits.